Tax on Tips in 2025

Did you earn tips in 2025?

Please provide documentation that indicates, in a separate listing, the amount of tips earned in 2025.

This can be done three ways:

1. There should be a separate box on your W2 form that indicates the amount of tips that you earned in 2025.
2. Your final paystub in 2025 may have a place that indicates tips earned for the 2025 year.
3. If neither your W2 nor your final paystub lists tips earned in 2025 in a separate field, please have your employer provide a letter stating the amount of tips earned in 2025.We CANNOT prepare your return with a tips earned deduction without proper documentation.